Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45640, George R Downing, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Downing, George R.
S. 45670
CONTENTS

resp d answ r of pension see letter to Hon. J. A. Eastman Mar 12 1840.
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the act of Mar 6 th April 1838 from 21. April to 25 Sept 1818 the day of his death left Modified 1 st April 1840
66 152 83:69
7575
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New Hampshire Roll
George R. Downing of Alton in the state of N. Hampshire who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel G. Reid of the N. Hampshire Line, for the term of six years
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 st of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th of March 1819 and sent to John S. Sherburne Esq. Judge Portsmouth N. H.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819, 10 m s 29 d s 31/30 — 83:69
Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Sept 1819 — 48:—
131:69
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Mar 12. 1840
Geo. R. Downing Graftonville 1838
Steele G. Eastman N.Y.
J. S. Edwards Esq. Commr. Pensions Washington
Hon. J. A. Eastman A.D.

House of Reps -
March 11. 1840.
J. S. Edwards Esq
Sir,
I herewith transmit for your consideration a couple papers this day received & which I am requested to forward to you -
Respectfully Your ob d Servt.
M c A. Eastman

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 4 th 1840.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The child ren of Geo: B. Downing, a Pensioner on the Roll of the New Hampshire Agency, at a rate of Eight — Dollars and — Cents per month, under the law of the 18 th March 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 21 st of April, to the 25 th Sept. 1818, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

21 st April
George R. Downing
Allen in A. A. Dist.
Col. of Rec'd Ngt in A. A. Div.
6 1/2 years
21

District of New Hampshire fs. Portsmouth
(On this twenty first — day) of April 1818 Before me the Subscribed Judge of the District Court of the United States for said District Personally appeared George R. Downing aged about sixty one years, resident in Allen in said District, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth in his Oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision, made by the late Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to pro- -vide for certain Persons engaged in the land & Naval service of the United States in the Revo- -lutionary war" — That he the said George R. Downing having served the United States, in Col o Poor's Regiment, in Canada; enlisted again at Tronduraga in the State of New- York in or about the month of November A.D. 1776 to serve the United States, during the war — That he joined the Company commanded by Capt o Jeremiah Fogg — in the Second — Regiment, commanded by Col o George Reid ————— in the New Hamp- -shire Line, in the Continental Establishment; That he continued to serve in said Corps — or in the service of the United States, until the seventh ————— day of June A.D. 1783

when he was discharged from service at Newburgh — in the State of New Jersey by General Washington
That he was in the battles of Princeton, Saratoga, & Monmouth, and that by reason of his reduced circum- -stances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support. That he is & always has been a resident citizen of the United States, and that he has lost his discharge,
Sworn to & declared } George R Downing Before me — Jno L Sherburne J. of P.
and I hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Geo R Downing did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the foregoing declaration, & that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support. And I now transmit the foregoing & testimony taken before me to the Secy of War pursuant to the pro- vision of the aforementioned Act.
Jno L Sherburne
United States of America — New Hampshire District ss —
Be it known that John L Sherburne Esq. who hath subscribed the foregoing certificate is one of the judges of the Circuit Court & judge of the District Court of the Uni- -ted States for said District — Witness the Seal of said Circuit Court this 25th day of July AD 1818 — P. W. Freeman Clerk

Dan l Gookin of North Hampton in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire, Judge of Probate for said County, Deposeth, That having been an Officer in the Army in the second New Hampshire Regiment, in the Revolutionary War, he knew George R. Downing, now of Alton in said State, to have served in said Regiment, as a Soldier, later Sergeant in the same Regiment, in the year 1778, said Regiment being in the New Hampshire Line, on the Continental Establishment. And the S d Downing being now, as the Deponent understands making application for a Pension according to a late Act of Congress, and to the best of the Deponent's recollection said Downing continued in the service to the end of the War.
Daniel Gookin,
Wiltshire but not
Sworn to the 20 th day of May 1810
before me - Jn L. Chamberlain Sub Jdg. as vtd

45640 Rey INVALID. am
File No. 45640
George R. Downing Pai Rev War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 132
[Arrangement of 1870.]

George R. Downing, N.H. roll act March 18. 1878.
Be pleased to say to what time the pension was paid.
Pension Office Mar. 12. 1840.
{ His name is entered to commence April 21. 1818. at $8 per month, but no payment appears to have been ever made.
L. A. H.